Cable-grip turn-table



'(No Model.)

' 0. SOHOLZ.

Y CABLE G-RIP TURN TABLE. I No. 417,212. Patented Dec. 10, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES SCIIOLZ, OF MERCED, CALIFORNIA.

CABLE-G RIP TU RN-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 417,212, dated December10, 1889.

Application filed April 6, 1389. Serial No. 306,235- (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES sorrow, of the city of Merced, in the countyof Merced and State of California, have invented a certain new anduseful Cable-Grip ,Turn-llable, of which the following is alull, clear,and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a planview of the entire turntable; Fig. 2, a vertical section taken on theline a a, Fig. 1, and in addition showing a grip; and Fig. 3, a top viewwith the turntable partly turned, and with portions broken out in orderto show the anti-friction rollers.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A A are the plates which form the top of the turn-table. v

B B are the segments forming the bedplate.

(J C are U-shaped bars connecting the plates A A and supporting the gripF, Fig. 2.

D is a tongue for holding the turn-table in position.

D is a ring by which D may be raised.

E E are recesses into which the tongue D drops.

F is the cable-grip in position.

G is a pulley upon which the cable I l runs.-

I I I I are stationary anti-friction rollers let into the bed-plate andupon which the turntable rotates.

Following is the manne zin which the mechanism operates. The cable II,Fig. 2, being released from the grip F, the lower jaw of the grip israised, thus closing the grip and allowing it to be run into theturn-table. It is then uncoupled from the grip car or dummy and restsupon the bars C C. RaiS ing the tongue D allows the turn-table motionand it turns easily upon the anti-friction rollers I I I I. When it hascompleted half a revolution, the tongue D drops into E, thus stoppingit. The grip is then recoupled and the car moved till the grip is out ofthe turntable, when it may again grasp the cable.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A cable-grip turn-table consisting of the semicircular plates A A,connected by the U-shaped bars 0 C, resting upon the antifrictionrollers I I I I, and provided with the looking or stopping device DE E,all substantially as set forth.

CHAS SCHOLZ.

Witnesses:

M. R. CUMMINGS, LOUIS BAUER.

